And for the caffeine junkies out there, while it is better to cut it out, if you can’t there are options which are less harmful.

Steer away from the all-new, creative coffee of the week, with syrup and shots galore.

If you’re not a fan of plain coffee or simple green tea, choose a Skinny Latte instead – it only has 90 calories, zero grams of fat and uses sugar-free syrup.

And try to eat “good fats”(monounsaturated fats) which can be found in olive oil, avocados, nuts and omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil.

They help to control your insulin levels, slow down carbohydrates rate of entry into the blood stream and send signals to your brain to stop eating – just what we all need!

Lastly, it is important to rest, relax and sleep.

These three factors are often overlooked when it comes to achieving weight loss.

But if your body doesn’t have some time to relax, it will breakdown.

For best results, make sure you get seven to eight hours of sleep per night, take naps when you’re tired and treat yourself to a massage – you deserve it for all your effort, after all!

Dump the Junk this summer

World Cancer Research Fund is encouraging people to ‘Dump the Junk’ this month to see the health benefits as well as raising funds for cancer prevention.

It is challenging people to give up one of their most unhealthy vices for June, such as drinking sugary drinks, alcohol, ordering takeaways or eating sweets.

Many underestimate the effect of alcohol on weight loss with few realising that a pint of lager has the same number of calories as three chocolate biscuits.

Two 175ml glasses of wine is around 266 calories – the same as eating four and a half chocolate biscuits!

It would take approximately one hour and five minutes of walking to burn off all those calories.

And drinking two pints of cider is the equivalent to eating eight and a half chocolate biscuits! Sarah Toule, head of health information at World Cancer Research Fund, said: “The calories found in junk food and in alcoholic drinks account for a significant proportion of people’s calorie consumption while both provide little, if any, nutritional benefit.

“Cutting down on junk food and alcohol can have a big effect on weight loss, as well as the cancer risk.”

For more information, visit: www.dumpthejunk.org.uk.

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